diff --git a/python/google/protobuf/descriptor.py b/python/google/protobuf/descriptor.py
index 190b89536fdf..c8f7b4133f25 100644
--- a/python/google/protobuf/descriptor.py
+++ b/python/google/protobuf/descriptor.py
@@ -912,6 +912,24 @@ def __init__(self, name, full_name, index, containing_service,
     self.containing_service = containing_service
     self.input_type = input_type
     self.output_type = output_type
+  
+  def CopyToProto(self, proto):
+    """Copies this to a descriptor_pb2.MethodDescriptorProto.
+
+    Args:
+      proto (descriptor_pb2.MethodDescriptorProto): An empty descriptor proto.
+
+    Raises:
+      Error: If self couldn't be serialized, due to too few constructor
+        arguments.
+    """
+    if self.containing_service is not None:
+      from google.protobuf import descriptor_pb2
+      service_proto = descriptor_pb2.ServiceDescriptorProto()
+      self.containing_service.CopyToProto(service_proto)
+      proto.CopyFrom(service_proto.method[self.index])
+    else:
+      raise Error('Descriptor does not contain a service.')
 
 
 class FileDescriptor(DescriptorBase):
diff --git a/python/google/protobuf/internal/descriptor_test.py b/python/google/protobuf/internal/descriptor_test.py
index 5e3b0a9b4c9a..4fc80492b8fc 100755
--- a/python/google/protobuf/internal/descriptor_test.py
+++ b/python/google/protobuf/internal/descriptor_test.py
@@ -907,10 +907,6 @@ def testCopyToProto_ServiceDescriptor(self):
         descriptor_pb2.ServiceDescriptorProto,
         TEST_SERVICE_ASCII)
 
-  @unittest.skipIf(
-      api_implementation.Type() == 'python',
-      'It is not implemented in python.')
-  # TODO(jieluo): Add support for pure python or remove in c extension.
   def testCopyToProto_MethodDescriptor(self):
     expected_ascii = """
       name: 'Foo'